BUDDHIST MONASTIC CODE I

Buddhist Monastic Code 1taking them as food; a pāṭidesanīya for every mouthful of the staple or non-staplefood one eats; and a dukkaṭa for every mouthful one takes of the juice drinks,tonics, or medicine for the sake of food.Non-offenses. There is no offense in eating food that one has accepted from thehouse of a family in training if —one is ill;one was invited;almsfood supplied by people other than the members of the family in trainingis set out in the residence or its yard (§);the family has made an arrangement to provide meals by drawing lots, on adaily basis, or on a regular or rotating basis — such as on a particular day ofthe waxing or waning moon, the uposatha days, or day after the uposathadays (see Appendix III) — and one accepts food as part of that arrangement;one eats the leftovers of one who received the food at their residence whenhe was invited or ill;one accepts juice drinks, tonics, or medicine and uses them as such; orthe members of the family give the food outside of their residence oryard/compound. The Commentary quotes the Mah Paccar , one of theancient commentaries, as saying that this last exemption holds regardless ofwhether they take the food out of the residence before or after seeing oneapproach.Summary: Eating staple or non-staple food after accepting it — when one is neitherill nor invited — at the residence of a family formally designated as "in training" is apāṭidesanīya offense.4. There are wilderness lodgings that are considered dubious andrisky. Should any bhikkhu, not being ill, living in such lodgings, chewor consume (a gift of) staple or non-staple food that wasunannounced beforehand, having received it with his own hand in thelodging, he is to acknowledge it: "Friends, I have committed ablameworthy, unsuitable act that ought to be acknowledged. Iacknowledge it.""Now at that time the Sakyan slaves were rebelling. The Sakyan ladies wanted topresent a meal (for the bhikkhus) in wilderness lodgings. The Sakyan slaves heard,'The Sakyan ladies, they say, want to present a meal in the wilderness lodgings,' sothey infested the way. The Sakyan ladies, carrying exquisite staple and non-staplefoods, went to the wilderness lodgings. The Sakyan slaves, coming out, robbed432